Judit REIGL
(1923 - 2020)
Judit Reigl Éclatement

Biography

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Judit Reigl is a painter who was in turn surreal, abstract or figurative. After arriving in France in 1950 after eight clandestine attempts to cross the Iron Curtain, Judit Reigl found Simon Hantaï, a fellow student at the Beaux Arts in Budapest, in Paris. The latter introduced her to André Breton in 1954 who, seduced by her surrealist paintings, invited her to exhibit at L’Étoile scellée. She then moved away from surrealism and produced several series marked by an intense gestuality: these were the Éclatements (1955-1958), the Centres of dominance…

Galerie

Jean Fournier: a Tribute

03.09.2026

"A bookdealer by training, Jean Fournier began staging exhibitions in the Librairie Kléber (soon to be known as the Galerie Kléber) in 1954, galvani...

Judit Reigl Peintre Art informel

Outside the walls

Judit Reigl at the Hessen Kassel Heritage Museum

31.10.2024

The exhibition highlights the often-overlooked contributions of women to Art Informel. Despite their significant influence, they have been marginalize...

Judit Reigl Musée de Téssé 2024

Outside the walls

Judit Reigl on show at the Téssé Museum

03.22.24

The works of forty-six artists are on show, capturing the diversity of new artistic approaches. Redefining gesture, colour and the very concept of the...

EXHIBITIONS

Selection of solo exhibitions

2025

Judit Reigl – Convulsion with Fire, Galerie Dina Vierny, Paris (May 16 – June 14)

2023

Centers of Dominance, Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin (June 30 – October 08)

2022

Judit Reigl, « Je suis la Règle », Galerie Kamel Mennour, Paris (February 8 – March 26)

Selection of collective exhibitions

2026

Jean Fournier: a Tribute, Galerie Dina Vierny, Paris (September 10 – December 19)

2023

Action, Geste, Peinture – Femmes dans l’abstraction, une histoire mondiale, 1940-1970, Fondation Van Gogh, Arles (3 juin – 22 octobre)

Painting the Essential — Surrealism and the East, West Bund Museum, Shanghai (April 29 – September 24)

Surréalisme au féminin ?, Musée de Montmartre, Paris (March 31 – September 10)

Action, Gesture, Paint: Women Artists and Global Abstraction 1940-70, Whitechapel Gallery, London (February 9 – May 7)

2022

Paris et nulle part ailleurs, 24 artistes étrangers à Paris. 1945-1972, Musée national de l’histoire de l’immigration, Paris (September 27 – January 22, 2023)

Au cœur de l’abstraction – Collection de la Fondation Gandur pour l’Art, Fondation Maeght, Saint-Paul de Vence (July 2 – October 23)

The Shape of Freedom: International Abstraction after 1945, Museum Barberini, Potsdam (June 4 – September 25)

À mains nues, MAC VAL, Vitry-sur-Seine (January 9 – April 2, 2023)

MULTIMÉDIAS

Biography

Judit Reigl is a painter who was in turn surreal, abstract or figurative. After arriving in France in 1950 after eight clandestine attempts to cross the Iron Curtain, Judit Reigl found Simon Hantaï, a fellow student at the Beaux Arts in Budapest, in Paris. The latter introduced her to André…

ARTWORKS

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Jean Fournier: a Tribute

03.09.2026
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Judit Reigl Peintre Art informel

Judit Reigl at the Hessen Kassel Heritage Museum

31.10.2024
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Judit Reigl Musée de Téssé 2024

Judit Reigl on show at the Téssé Museum

03.22.24
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EXHIBITIONS

Solo exhibitions

2025

Judit Reigl – Convulsion with Fire, Galerie Dina Vierny, Paris (May 16 – June 14)

2023

Centers of Dominance, Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin (June 30 – October 08)

2022

Judit Reigl, « Je suis la Règle », Galerie Kamel Mennour, Paris (February 8 – March 26)

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collective exhibitions

2026

Jean Fournier: a Tribute, Galerie Dina Vierny, Paris (September 10 – December 19)

2023

Action, Geste, Peinture – Femmes dans l’abstraction, une histoire mondiale, 1940-1970, Fondation Van Gogh, Arles (3 juin – 22 octobre)

Painting the Essential — Surrealism and the East, West Bund Museum, Shanghai (April 29 – September 24)

Surréalisme au féminin ?, Musée de Montmartre, Paris (March 31 – September 10)

Action, Gesture, Paint: Women Artists and Global Abstraction 1940-70, Whitechapel Gallery, London (February 9 – May 7)

2022

Paris et nulle part ailleurs, 24 artistes étrangers à Paris. 1945-1972, Musée national de l’histoire de l’immigration, Paris (September 27 – January 22, 2023)

Au cœur de l’abstraction – Collection de la Fondation Gandur pour l’Art, Fondation Maeght, Saint-Paul de Vence (July 2 – October 23)

The Shape of Freedom: International Abstraction after 1945, Museum Barberini, Potsdam (June 4 – September 25)

À mains nues, MAC VAL, Vitry-sur-Seine (January 9 – April 2, 2023)

+ See more

MULTIMÉDIAS

Biography

img d artiste
Judit Reigl is a painter who was in turn surreal, abstract or figurative. After arriving in France in 1950 after eight clandestine attempts to cross the Iron Curtain, Judit Reigl found Simon Hantaï, a fellow student at the Beaux Arts in Budapest, in Paris. The latter introduced her to André Breton in 1954 who, seduced by her surrealist paintings, invited her to exhibit at L’Étoile scellée. She then moved away from surrealism and produced several series marked by an intense gestuality: these were the Éclatements (1955-1958), the Centres of dominance…

Galerie

Jean Fournier: a Tribute

03.09.2026

"A bookdealer by training, Jean Fournier began staging exhibitions in the Librairie Kléber (soon to be known as the Galerie Kléber) in 1954, galvanized by direct encounters with specific artists and artworks. Over the next five decades, he develope...

Judit Reigl Peintre Art informel

Outside the walls

Judit Reigl at the Hessen Kassel Heritage Museum

31.10.2024

The exhibition highlights the often-overlooked contributions of women to Art Informel. Despite their significant influence, they have been marginalized in an art-historical narrative dominated by male artists. This marginalization is especially evid...

Judit Reigl Musée de Téssé 2024

Outside the walls

Judit Reigl on show at the Téssé Museum

03.22.24

The works of forty-six artists are on show, capturing the diversity of new artistic approaches. Redefining gesture, colour and the very concept of the painting.... these developments echo the move beyond the lyrical, gestural abstraction that charact...

EXHIBITIONS

Solo exhibitions

2025

Judit Reigl – Convulsion with Fire, Galerie Dina Vierny, Paris (May 16 – June 14)

2023

Centers of Dominance, Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin (June 30 – October 08)

2022

Judit Reigl, « Je suis la Règle », Galerie Kamel Mennour, Paris (February 8 – March 26)

+ See more
Collective exhibitions

2026

Jean Fournier: a Tribute, Galerie Dina Vierny, Paris (September 10 – December 19)

2023

Action, Geste, Peinture – Femmes dans l’abstraction, une histoire mondiale, 1940-1970, Fondation Van Gogh, Arles (3 juin – 22 octobre)

Painting the Essential — Surrealism and the East, West Bund Museum, Shanghai (April 29 – September 24)

Surréalisme au féminin ?, Musée de Montmartre, Paris (March 31 – September 10)

Action, Gesture, Paint: Women Artists and Global Abstraction 1940-70, Whitechapel Gallery, London (February 9 – May 7)

2022

Paris et nulle part ailleurs, 24 artistes étrangers à Paris. 1945-1972, Musée national de l’histoire de l’immigration, Paris (September 27 – January 22, 2023)

Au cœur de l’abstraction – Collection de la Fondation Gandur pour l’Art, Fondation Maeght, Saint-Paul de Vence (July 2 – October 23)

The Shape of Freedom: International Abstraction after 1945, Museum Barberini, Potsdam (June 4 – September 25)

À mains nues, MAC VAL, Vitry-sur-Seine (January 9 – April 2, 2023)

+ See more

MULTIMÉDIAS

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